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1 SAMPLE PAPER 2017 SCIENCE DO NOT OPEN THIS OOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. 30 QUESTIONS TIME ALLOWED: 45 MINUTES STUDENT S NAME: Read the instructions on the ANSWER SHEET and fill in your NAME, SCHOOL and OTHER INFORMATION. Use a pencil. Do NOT use a coloured pencil or a pen. Rub out any mistakes completely. You MUST record your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Mark only ONE answer for each question. Your score will be the number of correct answers. Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers. Use the information provided to choose the EST answer from the four possible options. On your ANSWER SHEET fill in the oval that matches your answer. You may use a calculator and a ruler.

2 1. The drawing shows some parts of the human digestive system. mouth oesophagus liver gall bladder stomach small intestine large intestine What does food pass through on its way from the mouth to the stomach? (A) () (C) (D) gall bladder large intestine oesophagus small intestine 2. Syrups are thick, sticky liquids. The thicker the syrup, the more slowly it will move down a slope. The graph shows the distance 4 different syrups moved down a slope in one minute. 50 Distance syrup moved (cm) purple yellow green blue Syrup Which syrup is the thickest? (A) purple () yellow (C) green (D) blue ICAS Science Sample Paper UNSW Global Pty Limited 2

3 3. The table shows the weather and type of birds seen in the school playground during one week. Day Weather Cockatoos Seagulls Hot Cold Windy Calm visit visit Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Cockatoos are most likely to visit the school playground on a day that is (A) hot. () cold. (C) windy. (D) calm. 3 ICAS Science Sample Paper UNSW Global Pty Limited

4 For questions 4 and 5 use the information below. Some students wanted to know what effect the position of the mast had on the speed of a sailboat. They made four model sailboats (W, X, Y and Z) using the design shown. The sailboats were the same except for the positions of their masts. Each mast was placed a different distance from the bow. string wooden mast wooden boom cardboard sail string bow cardboard hull cardboard rudder The graphs show the distances from the bow to the mast for each of the boats and the distances each boat travelled in 5 minutes. Distance from bow to mast W X Y Sailboats Distance travelled in 5 minutes Z W X Y Z Sailboats 4. Which sailboat was the slowest? (A) W () X (C) Y (D) Z 5. The students test of the effects of mast position on boat speed was a fair one. What must the students have done to ensure the test was fair? (A) () (C) (D) make all the sails the same size make sails from different types of cardboard put the mast the same distance from the bow in each boat put the wooden boom at the bottom of the sail in boats X and Y END OF PAPER ICAS Science Sample Paper UNSW Global Pty Limited 4

5 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Copyright in this booklet is owned by UNSW Global Pty Limited, unless otherwise indicated. Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright. UNSW Global Pty Limited apologises for any accidental infringement and welcomes information to redress the situation. THE FOLLOWING YEAR LEVELS SHOULD SIT THIS PAPER: Australia Year 4 runei Primary 4 Hong Kong Primary 4 Indian Subcontinent 1 Class 4 Indonesia Year 5 Malaysia Standard 4 Middle East 2 Class 4 New Zealand/Pacific 3 Year 5 Singapore Primary 3 Southern Africa 4 Grade 4 PAPER 2017 UNSW Global Pty Limited. Copyright in this document is owned by UNSW Global Pty Limited. 1 Indian Subcontinent Region: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, hutan and angladesh. 2 Middle East Region: United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, ahrain, Oman, Turkey, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Algeria and Jordan. 3 Pacific Region: Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. 4 Southern Africa Region: South Africa, otswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

6 PAPER S HOW TO FILL OUT THIS SHEET: USE A PENCIL Print your details clearly in the boxes provided. Make sure you fill in only one oval in each column. Rub out all mistakes completely. Do not use a coloured pencil or pen. *201704* EXAMPLE 1: Debbie ach EXAMPLE 2: Chan Ai eng EXAMPLE 3: Jamal bin Abas FIRST NAME LAST NAME FIRST NAME LAST NAME FIRST NAME LAST NAME A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E FIRST NAME to appear on certificate LAST NAME to appear on certificate A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z SAMPLE / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Are you male or female? Male Female Does anyone in your home usually speak a language other than English? Yes No School name: DATE OF IRTH STUDENT ID CLASS (optional) (optional) Day Month Year A K L C M D N E O Town / suburb: Today s date: / / Postcode: F P G Q H R I S J T

7 TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS Example: Ari added cordial to water to make a jug of drink. What will be the volume of the drink in the jug? The answer is 250 ml, so you would fill in the oval D, as shown. (A) () (C) (D) 50 ml 150 ml 200 ml 250 ml A C D USE A PENCIL DO NOT USE A COLOURED PENCIL OR PEN START 1 A C D 2 A C D 3 A C D 4 A C D 5 A C D SAMPLE S PAPER Your privacy is assured as UNSW Global Pty Limited fully complies with appropriate Australian privacy legislation. Visit for more details.

8 QUESTION KEY KEY REASONING 1 C 2 D 3 D 4 D 5 A The upper part of the human digestive tract is made up of the mouth, oesophagus and stomach. The gall bladder, large intestine and small intestine make up the lower part of the digestive tract, hence, A, and D are wrong. The oesophagus is between the mouth and the stomach. The thickest syrup would be the slowest to move down a slope. This means that the thickest syrup would travel the least distance in one minute down the same slope. From the column (bar) graph, the blue syrup travelled the smallest distance, so the thickest syrup is the blue. The least thick (runniest) syrup would travel the fastest down the slope, and so in one minute would travel the greatest distance down the slope, so C (green) is incorrect. The ticks in the table show some of the weather conditions and the type of bird visiting the playground during one week. The cockatoos visited when it was hot and calm, and when it was cold and calm, but not when it was windy. Therefore they were most likely to visit when it was calm. The speed of the boats is determined by the distance they travelled in 5 minutes, so we must use the second (blue) graph. The slowest boat travelled the smallest distance in 5 minutes, so the correct answer is D. To test the effect of the position of the mast on the boat speed we must change the position of the mast, so answer C is wrong. For the test to be fair all other things must be kept the same, so answers and D are wrong. LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY Easy LEGEND Level of difficulty refers to the expected level of difficulty for the question. Easy /Hard Hard more than 70% of the candidates will choose the correct option. more than 50 70% of the candidates will choose the correct option. more than 30 50% of the candidates will choose the correct option. Less than 30% of the candidates will choose the correct option. ICAS Science Sample Paper UNSW Global Pty Limited

SAMPLE SCIENCE DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. PAPER STUDENT S NAME:

SAMPLE SCIENCE DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. PAPER STUDENT S NAME: SAMPLE PAPER SIENE DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUTED. STUDENT S NAME: Read the instructions on the ANSWER SHEET and fill in your NAME, SHOOL and OTHER INFORMATION. Use a pencil. Do NOT use a coloured